Finger ring guard



May 17, 1932. H. LEVIN 1,858,861

FINGER RING GUARD F led Aug. 14, 1931 Patented May 17, 1932 UNITEDSTATES,

PATENT OFFICE HARRIS LEVIN, OF FREEPORT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR lO THELIONSAFETY PIN CLUTCH (30., INQ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK V FINGER RING GUARD Application filed August 14, 1931. Serial No.556,952.

The present invention relates to that type of finger ring guards havingoutward jaws which engage and embrace the shank of the ring, the jawsbeing of soft bendable metal. while the elongated main member of theguard is preferably hardened to render it more or less springy.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a finger ringguard having clasping means for securing the guard to the shank of thering and which fully encompass the shank, in such way that the claspingmeans are adapted to slide more or less upon the shank. In carrying outthis object of the invention it is preferred that the connectingelements of the clasping means be joined together at a point which isclear of the finger bearing surface of the main member of the guard, sothat the guard is kept smooth at the inner surface so as to beunobjectionable to the wearer of a ring provided with the improvedguard.

Another object of the present invention is to provide the clasping meansof the guard with interlocking elements clear of the finger bearingsurface of the main member of the guard.

A further object of the invention is to provide a finger ring guard witha pair of bendable jaws at each end which are provided with interlockingelements.

Other objects of the invention are to pro-- vide finger ring guardswhich are inore eflieient than those now on the market, in so far as theguard is more positively held upon the shank of the ring, and to provideafinger ring guard of that kind, which is comparatively simple andeconomical of manufacture considering the functions and advantagesthereof.

These being among the objects of the present invention, the sameconsists of certain features of construction and combinations of partsto be hereinafter described and then I claimed with reference to theaccompanying drawings illustrating preferred forms of the invention, andwherein .Figure 1 is an enlarged elevation of a finger ring showing oneform of the finger ring guard applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the ring on line 22, Fig. 1, as viewed inthe direction of the arrows;

F ig. 3 is an edge elevation as viewed towards the lower part of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section on line 4- 1, Fig. 5, showing onejaw end of the guard before the same is fastened to the 555 Fig. '5 is adetail side elevation looking to-. wards the right of Fig. 4

Fig. 6 is asectional view similar to Fig. 4 except that the jaws havebeen shown as partially applied to the shank of the ring;

Fig. 7 isan enlarged section of Fig. 6 on line 77; v V a Fig. 8 is atransverse section similar to- F ig. 6, but showing the jaws at one end.of

the guard as fully applied to the ring;

fied construction, before the guard is fastened to the ring;

Fig. 11 is a section of Fig. 10, mostly'an elevation, as viewed from theleft of said e; v

' Fig. 12 is a plan of one end of the guard and a portion of aring,showing the'jaws as partially applied to the ring;

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 12, except that the jaws are shown asfully applied to the ring;

Fig. 14' is a section on line 1414' of F 12; v

Fig. 15 is a section of a ring showing one end of another modified formof the guard before it is fastened'to the ring;

Fig. 16 is an outer elevation of this form of the guard, as partiallyapplied to the ring;

Fig. 17 is a View similar to Fig. 16 showing one end of the guard fullyapplied to the ring;

F ig. 18 is a transverse section on line l818 of Fig. 17;

Fig. 19 is a section of a'ring showinga' further form of the inventionbefore the jaws are fastened to the ring;

Fig. 20 is a sideelevation of Fig. 19;

Fig. 21 is an outside elevation to show the lar to those illustrated inFigs. 4: and 5 will jaws of Fig. 19 as completely fastened to the now bedescribed. ring; and The elongated flexible member 12 1s apphed Fig. 22is a broken inner elevation of the to the inside of the shank of thering so that locked jaws. the pair of jaws at each end of the guard ex-The preferred form of the invention is distend outwardly at each side ofthe shank 10. closed in Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive. In Fig. 1 a The j awsbeing composed of bendable metal, ring 10 with a. setting 11 is shown,which the aw 16 is bent lnwardly in a curve so as ring and setting maybe of any desired arto extend transversely over the outer surfacerangement. and being illustrated onlyconventionally: jaw15 vis bentoverfarenough as shown in In said figures there is disclosed an elonbrokenlines, so as to register the prongs or gated member 12 which is themainmember interlocking elements 17 with the opening 19 of the guard,the latter being, preferably in the aw 16, shown also in Fig. 7 The endcomposed entirely of metal, say 14L carat of the aw 15 1S now presseddown far gold- The elongated me b r 121 thi a d enough so as to enterthe prongs 17 through flexible and. is preferably ha d d v lativtheopenmg or slot 19 111 the aw 16, and firmly ly to the two pair 13,14; of jaws, onepair at enough so that by the engagement of the eachend'of and preferably formed integralprongs w th the outer surface of'thering 1y with the fl xibl b r 12 Wh th shank, sa d prongs will be spreadapart as jaws are integral ,withtthe flexible member Shown in F 9, andto be bent outwardly 12- th are f bl ft d l ti ly thereby so as to comein contact with, the th t Sans f b b d bl or more or l beveled surfaces23, at opposite sides of the deformable. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5 eachopehihg lvheh each P of l of this i f j i l d j 15 16 hi h form of theinvention is properly secured over. hend bl one t d th th It i the shankof the ring so as to encompass'the ferred that .when a guard of suchconstruc- K the JilWS 6 llltellOqked t g6ther and ti th ti ith a i f awst h d i suitably connected for reliably holding the id d h tu j t d t djguard on thermg. \Vhen the body ot the in substantially parallelism, soas to facilitate the application of the guard .to the I shank of aringand thefinal fastening of recess 22m the hxtrehhty of]aw the ua d th tNotoolsother than the human fingers are In Figs. 4 and 5 the jaw 15 isshown as necessary pp y g the lIhPTWed guard provided with a pair ofbendable prongs or i t l ki l t 17, hi h may b b t to mar the ring, orthe guard at all, and when inwardly away from the body of the jaw 15 theghardils Shown Flgsh 15 was to extend towards the other jaw fullyfastened to theri ng,theclasping means P f bl th prongs 17 are b t. as tateachuend thereof will allow the elongated di li htl outwardly f th b dfie viblememberto befiexed more orless as ref th j 15 as h i Fi 7quiredbythe particular finger on whit-lithe J aw 1 i id d i h an endportion ring is worn, because the clasp ng means at 1 which isrelatively d as compared each. end whenproperly encircling the shank ithth j ti f th j as h w of ther1ngw1ll have a slide ht thereon. that i Fig5 Al it di l slot Opening 19 1s theinterlocked aws may be moved in oneis formed in the relatively wide portion 18, or the 9 h It be Seen soas, to provide longitudinal andsubstantiall ht f f g g D es lyparallelside bars 20, 20, one at each side f? 81? shown i o of Such opening 131s iown 1n 1g. 9, tne outer surface of the The Outer extremities, of theSide bars 20. ringshankconstitutes an anvil which agts to 20 areconnected by an end bar 21 which defo-rm i spread the'proftgs relabllleyto the aw 10. llhereby a positive and secure closes that end of theopening 19. As

, Shown interlocking connection is provided for the 1n Figs. 4 and 6,the end bar 21 is thinner ring encompas'qino. jaws hhah the thickness ofthe l so as to In Figs. 10 to la. inclusive there is illus- Pmh Shallowrecess ehtehdlhg across trated a modified construction of the imt011/661 xt mity of the and the proved finger ring guard, accordingto theouter surface thereof, as shown in Fig. 5. present invention. In thesefigures the elon- Figs. 5, 7 and 9 disclose that the side bars gatedflexible member 25! of the guard pro- .20 are provided at their adjacentedges with vided at each end'with .a pair of bendable inner, beveled,surfaces 23, which surfaces jaws25,26. One pair only is-shown, as theflare outwardly away from. the inner edges other pair is preferablyconstructed in the ofthe side bars 20, 20. samev manner. These jaws 25,extend The preferred manner-of applyinga guard outwardly; insubstantialparallelism. in the provided at each end withapair of awe simiform inwhich the guard is preferably delivco1istructio1r,:. the settingoftheshank l0,!as shown in Fig. 6. Then the j aw15 has been bent fullydown. as shown in Fig. 8, .the same wlll engage in the shallow to a.fingerring, so thatit is notnecessary a sort of fork.

such that by deflecting or and ered to the customer, so as to facilitateapplication to the finger ringlO. (lawv 25 is provided at its extremitywith a relatively wide transverse portion 27, so that the said jawissubstantially T-shaped, or otherwise, providing that a relativelywider transverse portion is furnished. The transverse portion 27 isshown in Fig. 11 as thinner than the body of the jaw 25, so as toprovide outer depres sions 28, one at each side of the body of the jaw.

Referring more particularly to Fi 10 and 12, it will be seen that theother jaw 26 is provided with bifurcations 29, so as to constitute Thesebifurcations diverge preferably outwardly from the body of jaw 26, thatis to say, the bifurcations 29 converge at their inner ends. Thebifurcations 29 are separated so as to provide a space 30, while theouter extremities of the bifurcations are provided with inwardlydirected prongs or interlocking elements 31, 32, the extremities ofthese prongs being preferably spaced apart a distance approximately thatof the width of the narrowest portion of the jaw 25, so

that they may pass such portion. The laterally directed prongs 31, 32are preferabl thinner than the adjacent portions of the bifurcations 29so as to provide depressions 33 at the outer surface of the jaw 26.There is also a shallow recess 34 at the inner side of the jaw 25 and asimilar shallow recess 35 in each bifurcation element 29.

Referring to Fig. 12 it will be seen that in order to apply thismodified construction of finger ring guard to a ring, the bendable jaw25 is first folded down and upon the outer surface of the ring, and thenthe jaw 26 is folded down, when the bifurcations 29 will be disposedover the widened portion 27 with the mutually presented prongs 31, 32disposed at opposite side edges of the body or stem of the jaw 25. Theposition of the inwardly directed prongs 31, 32 will then be pressingthe bifurcations 29 together, the bifurcations will be brought intosubstantial parallelism and the prongs 31, 32 caused to engage under thejaw 25 at points between the widened portion 27 one edge of the shank ofthe ring. as shown in Fig. 13. The under recess 34 in jaw 25 will permitthe prongs to enter. and when the aws are thus interlocked, the claspingmeans formed thereby will fully encompass the outer surface of the shankand a neat and reliable connection be formed thereby. Fig. 14illustrates how the clasping means appear inside elevation when appliedto the ring, as shown in Fig. 13.

In Figs. 15 to 18 inclusive there is disclosed a further modification ofthe invention. In this modification the elongated flexible member 36 isprovided at one end with a pair of bendable jaws 37 38, it beingunderstood that theother end of the said of the ringa head or widenedportion 39a is provided at the terminal of said jaw. .The opposite jaw38 is provided at its terminal with a pair of prongs or lips 40 whichbecome thinner toward their free edges. These prongs or lips 40 arepreferably bent in the course of manufacture so that they will extendinwardly from the jaw 38, and the two jaws are formed so as to extend insubstantial parallelism, as shown in Fig. 15, whereby to facilitate theapplication of the pair of jaws and member 36 to the shank or ring 10.

In applying this form of the invention to the shank of the ring, thejaws 37, 38 are passed thereover so as to ext-end outwardly from thering, and then jaw 39 is bent downt wardly and inwardly over theoutersurface of the shank, as shown in Fig. 16. Thereafter the jaw 38 isbent downwardly and in Wardly over the shank so as to cause the thinneredges of the prongs or lips 40 to register with the recesses or notches39 in jaw 37, and inasmuch as the thinner free edges of the prongs aredirected slightly one towards the other, a further pressure upon theterminal of jaw 38 will force the prongs or lips underneath the notchedportion of jaw 37, the outer surface of the shank of the ring serving asan anvil surface to bend the prongs or lips inwardly under the jaw 37,as shown.

in Figs. 17 and 18. The parts are so proportioned that when they areproperly inter locked together, the clasping means will have a slide fitupon the shank of the ring,-permitting the flexibly elongated member 36to flex and accommodate itself to the finger wearing the ring. If

Figures 19, 20, 21 and 22 illustrate another modification wherein thejaws are hooked together and interlocked by deflecting them laterally oredgewise. elongated flexible member 41 is provided at each end (one endonly being shown) with a pair of bendable jaws 42,43. These are arrangedso as to extend in substantial parallelism, as to facilitate applicationof the guard to the finger ring. Each of the jaws is provided with alateral notch 44 in one edge, the two notches extending in oppositedirection from the jaws, so that when the jaws are slightly deflectedfrom each other edgewise and bent down and over thering shank, the hooks45 and the jaws. may be pressed together in a lateral direction, therebybringing the respective hooks underneath the respective jaws and intounder shallow recesses 46 formed therein, thereby causing the claspingmeans to encompass the outer surface of the ,ring shank and to interlockthe jaws together. Each of the hooks or prongs In'these views the 1 whendelivered to the customer. so i xis thinnerrthan itsjawand each'of' thenotches 44 is cut at one side atan inclination transversely of the jaw,and when the jaws are'brought together as in Fig. inclined'edgeterminals of the jaws will be brought together in abutment, along'aline e7 which is on the bias with respect to the con-'- is applied to afinger r1ng,'suoh means and the adjacent portion of the elongatedflexible member will entirelyencompass the shank of the ring, and as themembers of the clasping means-are interlocked, a. reliable, convenientand desirable ring guard is provided,having clasping means allowing moreor less flexing ofthe elongated guard member, which accommodates itselfto the size of the finger wearing the ring.

Still'other modifications maybe resorted to, as will be obvious to thoseskilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the inventionas defined in: the appended claims.-

What I claim as new 1s, 1. A' finger-ring guard, comprising an elongatedmember and clasping means carried thereby and adapted in conjunctionwith such member to ring, such means including interlocking elementsengageable at a point clear of the finger bearing surface of theelongated member.

2. A finger-ring guard, comprising a fiexible elongated member andclasping means carried thereby and adapted in conjunction with suchmember to fully encompass the shank of a ring, such means includinginterlocking elements engageable at a point clear of the finger bearingsurface of the elongated member,-some of the elements being bendable ina direction laterally of the 'clasping means.

3. Afingera'ing guard, comprising an elongated member and 'claspingmeans carried thereby and adapted in conjunction with such member tofully encompass the shank of a of bendaring, such means including a pairble jaws having interlocking elements engageable at a point clear of thefinger bear-' ing surface of the elongated member.

4. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexibleelongated memberand a pairof bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member, andthe free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws beingcomposed of metal, and interlocking elements atthe free ends of'the jawswhereby to hold the jaws around the shank of a ring'and the memberinside of the ring.

5. A finger rlng guard,'compr1s1ng a flexibleelongatedmember and a pairof bendable jaws extendingoutwardly from each end of the member and thefreeends of the jaws 21, the thick fully encompass the shank of a:

adapted to meet, the member and jaws being composed of metal, andinterlocking elements at thefree ends of the jaws and extendinglaterally thereof whereby to hold the jaws around the shank of a ringand the member inside of the ring. Y

6. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexible elongated member and apair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member,and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws beingcomposed of metal, and laterally extending hook elements at the freeends of the jaws whereby to hold the jaws around the shank of a ring andtne member inside of the ring.

7. A finger-ring guard, comprising a tleze j ible elongated member and apair of bondable aws extending outwardly from each end of the member,and the free ends of the adapted to meet, the member and jaws be ingcomposed of 1netal,'the free end of one aw having I the other aw adeformable projection to engage 1n the opening.

8. A finger-ring guard, comprisng a flexible elongated member and a pairof bendable aws extending outwardly from each end of the member, and thefree ends of the jaws adapted to meet,'the member and jaws bein composedof metal, the free end of one jaw having an opening and the free end ofthe other aw a pair of lateral deformable projections to engage in theopening.

9. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexible elongated member and apair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member,and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jawsbeingcomposed of metal, the free end of one jaw having anenlargeinentprovided with a slot extending longitudinally of and the free end of theother jaw having a pair of deformable prongs adapted to enter the slotand to be spread apart to mechanically connect the jaws together.

10. A finger-ring guard, comprising an elongated member and apair ofbendable jaws extendin outwardly the member, and the free ends of theaws being adapted to meet, the member and jaws being composed of metal,and the free end of one jaw being wider than its body and the free endof the outer jaw being bifurcated,-

free end of the other aw being bifurcated,

an opening and the free end of such jaw from each end of guard,comprising arr and-'thefree ends of the jaws the member and jawsor Upthe bifurcations converging and being deformable to engage under thebody of the opposite jaw and the wider end adapted to engage under thebifurcations.

12'. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexible elongated member and apair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member,and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws beingcomposed of metal, the free end of one jaw having a T-head and the freeend of the other jaw being bifurcated and the bifurcations formingmutually presented prongs, the bifurcations being deformable to engagethe prongs under the opposite jaw and the T- head adapted to engageunder the bifurcations.

13. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexible elongated member and apair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member,and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws beingcomposed of metal, the free end of one jaw having a T-head and the freeend of the other jaw being bifurcated and the bifurcations divergingfrom their jaws and having mutually presented prongs, the bifurcationsbeing deformable to engage the prongs under the opposite jaw and theT-head adapted to engage under the bifurcations.

14. A finger-ring guard, comprising a flexible elongated member and apair of bendable jaws extending outwardly from each end of the member,and the free ends of the jaws adapted to meet, the member and jaws beingcomposed of metal, the free end of one jaw having lateral recesses andthe free end of the other jaw having a pair of inwardly bendable prongsadapted to enter the recesses and be bent under the recessed jaw.

15. The combination with a finger ring, of a guard comprising anelongated member and clasping means extending outwardly from each end ofthe member and fitting on and completely surrounding the shank forfixing the elongated member along the inner surface of the ring, eachsuch means including interlocked elements which are engaged at a pointbetween the planes of the side edges of the elongated member.

16. The combination with a finger ring, of a guard comprising a flexibleelongated member and clasping means extending outwardly from each end ofthe member and fitting on and completely surrounding the shank forfixing the elongated member along the inner surface of the ring, eachsuch means including interlocked elements which are e11- gaged at apoint between the planes of the side edges of the elongated member, someof the elements extending transversely of the clasping means.

17. The combination with a finger ring, of

a guard comprising an elongated member and clasping means extendingoutwardly from the elongated member along the inner surface of the ring,each such means including a pair of meeting jaws having interlockedelements which are engaged planes of the side member.

18. A finger-ring and clasping means carelongated member at a pointbetween the edges of the elongated guard, comprising an ried thereby andadapted in conjunction with such member to fully encompass the shank ofa ring, such means ments joined togeth finger bearing surfa ber.

including connecting eleer at a point clear of the ce of the elongatedmem- HARRIS LEVIN.

